Portable camp-bed.



H. L. FISHER.

PORTABLE CAMP BED.

APPLICATION FILED 050 24. I910.

1,143,374. Patented June 15, 1915.

b1; ATTORNEY-5 "HE NORRIS PETERS C0 PHOTO-LITHOH WASHINGTON. D. I"

- HENRY LEON FISHER, orcHAzY, N W YORK.

PORTABLE CAMP-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Applicationfiled December 24, 1910. .Serial No. 599,136.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY LlioN FISHE R, a citizen of the United States, residing 1n Chazy, in the county of Clinton and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Camp-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in portable folding cots.

The object of myinve'ntion is to provide a portable camp. cot suitable for military use, which will be strong, efiicient'anddurable, light in weight, small and compact in compass when collapsed, which Wlll be composed of few pieces, and be free from loose or detached parts liable to become lost on the march, and which can be quickly and easily erected for use and. collapsed and packed for the march.

My invention consists in the means I em. ploy to practically accomplish this ob]ect as herein shown and described and more particularly specified in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a soldiers portable collapsible camp cot embodying my invention, the canvas being shown in dotted llnes to more clearly illustrate the other parts. Figs. 2 and 3 taken together make the side elevation showing the longitudinal connections of the end frame members detached ready for collapsing or folding. Fig. 4c shows the end members collapsed ready for the canvas cover. Fig. 5 shows the portable cot collapsed and packed ready for the march, the canvas being wrapped around the frame members. Fig. 6 shows one of the end frame members partially collapsed. Fig. 7 shows the brace.

In the drawing, A A represent the longi' tudinal connections between the end frame members B B and C is the canvas suspended between the end frame members.

The end frame members B B are alike and each comprises. a pair of posts or uprights I), b, and a pair of diagonal braces b 6 connected together at their middle by a pivot 5 and each pivotally connected by a pin 6 to the upper end of the post or upright I), and each upright 72 having a slot of at its lower end to detachably connect it to the lower end of the brace b by means of a rivet b which is secured to the brace member b at its lower end, the slotted end of the post fitting between the head 5 of the rivet and the diagonal brace member b. Each of the diagonal brace members 5 is furnished at its upper end with an upwardly projecting button 6 preferably in a separate piece from the brace member andsecured thereto byrivets b The longitudinal connections A A between the upright posts 6 b of the end frame members b B preferably each comprises three bars a a, and a the bars a being each pivotally connected at one end with one of the posts 5 preferably by means of a bracket 32 secured by rivets 6 to the post or upright Z1 and a hinge pin a which extends through the bar a and through the bracket 6". The hinge bracket 6 is secured on the inside of one of the postsb of each frame B and upon the outside of the other post I) of said frame B so that when the bars we; of the longitudinal connections A A which are hinged to each ofthe frames B swing down, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 8, said bars a a will come upon opposite faces of the frame B, and thus not interfere with the collapsing of the frame B, as will be readily understood from Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the drawing. The bars a a of each longitudinal connection A are connected together by the intermediate bar a by means of rivets or pivot pins (4 a which engage notches a a in the intermediate bar a ,'said bar a having at one end a hole a for one of the rivets to pass through so that the bar a may be permanently connected to one of the bars a.

The canvas 0 which is stretched and suspended between the end frames B B is furnished with eyes C through which the buttons 11 on the end frames B B pass to re movably connect the canvas to the end frames. The end frames B B and connecting bars A are all preferably made of aluminum, and when thus constructed, my complete camp cot, including the canvas may be made very strong and durable and at the same time of a weight not necessarily eX- ceeding five or six pounds.

To collapse and pack my improved military cot for the march, the canvas C is first removed. The connecting bars an attached to one of the end frames, B are then disconnected from the end of the intermediate bars a having the double notches a a therein, thus separating the end frames B B from each other. The posts I) b of each of the end frames B are then slipped out of engagement with the rivets 6 at the lower ends of the diagonal brace members b cross brace c is disconnected and folded on to a and then the connecting bars a swing into the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, the intermediate bar a being interfolded with one pair of bars a, and then each of the end frames B is collapsed in the manner indicated in Fig. 6 into the position shown in Fig. 4:, after which the canvas C is wrapped around the folded end frame members B B and secured by the straps and buckles G C attached to the canvas.

A cross brace or member 0 is preferably provided to extend between the longitudinal bars A, it being preferably hinged at 0 to one of the cross bars A and connected at its opposite end by a notched flange 0 on the brace whichremovably engages a rivet c on the other longitudinal bar A.

In a portable, collapsible camp cot, the combination of a pair of end frame members each comprising a pair of uprights and a pair of diagonal braces, said braces being pivoted together at their crossing po1nt and each having an end pivoted to the upper end of one of said uprights and formed at their Copies 01 this patent may beobtained for other end for detachable connection with the lower end ofthe other upright, said detachable connection consisting of a pin and slot engagement adapted to tighten when weight is sustained by the cot, connections between said end frames, said connections comprising a plurality of longitudinally disposed sections connected at their ends the end sec tions being pivotally connected to appropriate uprights, said sections having a detachable connection at a point on each side of the cot which detachable connection consists of a plurality of slot and pin engagements adapted to tighten under weight sustained by the cot, a cross brace between the connections, said cross brace comprising a member pivoted to'one of said connections and detachably engaging the other section, which detachable engagement consists of a pin and slot connection arranged to tighten under weight sustained by the cot, and a canvas connected to said end frames.

HENRY LEON FISHER.

Witnesses i I MARGARET B. HUBBELL, LUCY S. 'HUBBELL.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

